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THE KANAWHA AND NEW RIVER 

COAL FIELDS 

OF 

WE1ST VIRGINIA, U. S. A. 


T HE areas shown on the two maps printed herein represent an aggregate of about 
840 square miles, or 540,000 acres. Within their boundary lines a greater variety 
of coals are produced, and a greater number of coal seams are being mined, 
than have ever been found elsewhere in the world in a territory of similar size. 

Eleven distinct seams have been opened upon a commercial scale, as follows: 


KANAWHA SERIES: 


' No. 5, or Block. 
Belmont. 
Coalburgh. 
Winifrede. 
Cedar Grove. 
No. 2, or Gas. 
Powellton. 

_ No. 1, or Eagle. 


NEW RIVER SERIES: 


f Sewell. 

{ Beckley. 

I, Fire Creek. 


The coals represented in the foregoing list are uniformly low in ash and sulphur, and 
cover every known requirement on the part of the consumers, whether it may be for domestic 
use, blacksmithing, coke ovens, by-product plants, gas making, or the generation of steam. 

As a matter of convenience, the different seams will be considered in the order in which 
they have their bedding, geologically, commencing with the youngest and highest seam in the 
formations. 




KANAWHA COAL FIELD 



No. 5, OR BLOCK COAL. 


The No. 5 Block is found in the crests of the hills near the Great Kanawha River, at 
Edge water, Crescent, Mecca and Eureka. In thickness the seam shows a section at one of the 


principal mines as follows: 

Coal . 1' 7" 

Shale. 1*4" 

Coal . 5' 10" 

Total.... 7' ey 2 " 

ANALYSIS. 

Mois. Vol. Mat. Fixed Carb. Ash. Sulph. 

0.84 37.78 57.08 4.30 0.84 


EUREKA COAL. 


Coke from Ma¬ 
chine Cuttings. 


Moisture. 

... 0.67 

... 0.98 

Volatile matter. 

... 40.80 

... 0.992 

Fixed Carbon. 

... 57.72 

... 93.183 

Ash. 

... 1.49 

. . . 5.03 

Sulphur. 

... 0.61 

... 0.697 

Phosphorus. 


.003 


This Coal is bright in appearance, stands handling and transportation, mines out in large 
blocks, and is shipped almost exclusively for high-grade domestic trade. 


MINES OPERATING IN THE No. 5 BLOCK SEAM. 

No. 5 SEAM. 


Mine. 

Company Operating. 

Post Office. 

Sates Agents. 

Address. 

Great Kanawha 

Edge water. 

Mecca. 

Crescent. 

Gordon, No. 5.. 

The Great Kanawha 
Colliery Co., Ltd. . 
The Carver Bros. Co.. 
Mecca Cl & Coke Co.. 
W. R. Johnson. 

Gordon C’l & Coke Co 

Mt. Carbon. . 

Eagle. 

Montgomery. 
Crescent .... 

Eagle. 

Kanawha Fuel Co. . . 

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Ches. & Ohio Coal & 
Coke Co. 

Charleston, W. Va. 

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Cincinnati, O. 


Actual daily loading capacity, 775 tons. 


BELMONT SEAM. 

The Belmont coal outcrops from 100 to 120 feet lower in the hills than the No. 5 Block. 
It has been mined in the Kanawha Valley for more than twenty-five years, and ranks as one of 
the standard domestic coals. The coal is free-burning, leaves very little ash, and stands trans¬ 
portation remarkably well. Quite a large trade has been developed throughout the Northwest 
and West, and regular shipments are made each year to points beyond Omaha. Only coal of 
the finest quality could stand the freightage for so great a distance. 








































MINES OPERATING IN THE BELMONT SEAM. 


BELMONT SEAM. 


Mine. 

Company Operating. 

Post Office. 

Sales Agents. 

Address. 

Belmont. 

Horton. 

Oakle}*'. 

Davis. 

Belmont Coal Co ... . 

Cardiff Coal Co. 

Cardiff Coal Co. 

Davis Coal Co. 

Crown Hill. . 
Charleston . . 
Charleston . . 
Olilev. 

Kanawha Fuel Co. . . 
Kanawha Fuel Co. . . 
Kanawha Fuel Co. . . 
Kanawha Fuel Co. . . 

Charleston, W. Va. 

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Actual daily loading capacity, 2,075 tons. Thickness of seam, 4 ft. to 6 ft. 


TYPICAL ANALYSIS. (Belmont Mine.) 

Mots. Von. Mat. Fixed Carb. Ash. Sudph. B. T. U. 

1.33 35.26 59.09 4.32 0.71 14.441 


COALBURGH SEAM. 

Ill the year 1853 or near, the existence of this valuable seam became generally known, 
and mines were opened at the village of Coalburgh (from which the seam takes its name) for 
the purpose of loading barges on the Great Kanawha River. Operations were continued 
until the outbreak of the Civil War, when they ceased for about four years. In 1865 work 
was resumed, and the original Coalburgh mines have been worked continuously ever since. 
The coal met with great favor wherever introduced, and new mines have been opened on 
Cabin Creek, Paint Creek and elsewhere to meet the growing demand. Shipments are made 
as far Hast as Boston, South into the Carolinas, and beyond the Missouri River in the West. 
It is a firm, strong coal, that is much prized for open grates. 

MINES OPERATING IN THE COALBURGH SEAM. 

COALBURGH SEAM. 


Mine. 

Company Operating. 

Post Office. 

Sales Agents. 

Address. 

Scranton. 

Paint Creek.... 

Banner . 

Greenbrier. 

Wacomah. 

Belmont. 

Dry Branch.... 

Ronda. 

Horton. 

Ruby. 

Scranton Splint Cl Co 
Paint Creek Coal Co. 

Banner Coal Co. 

Greenbrier Coal Co. . 
Wacomah Coal Co. . . 

Belmont Coal Co. 

Dry Branch Coal Co. 
Coalburgh Colliery Co 

Cardiff Coal Co. 

Ruby Coal Co. 

Standard Splint & 

Gas Coal Co. 

Shonk-Garrison Co. . 

Mucklow.. . . 
Mucklow.. . . 
Mucklow.. . . 

Pratt. 

Pratt. 

Crown Hill. . 
Dry Branch.. 

Ronda . 

Charleston . . 
Decota. 

Pratt. 

Kanawha Fuel Co. . . 

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Charleston, W. Va. 

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Acme. 

Acme. 

Kan. Coal & Coke Co. 

Cincinnati, 0. 


Actual daily loading capacity, 4,575 tons. Thickness of seam, 4 ft. to ft. 

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ANALYSES. 


Mink. 

Mois. 

Von. Mat. 

Fixed Carb. 

Ash. 

SUKPH. 

B. T. U. 

Acme . 

. . .0.72 

33.88 

60.81 

4.58 

0.61 

14.645 

Coalburgh. . 

...0.77 

36.79 

56.22 

6.22 

0.85 

14.051 

Ronda. 

. . .0.69 

35.56 

58.43 

5.22 

0.93 

14.738 

Scranton. . . 

. . .0.46 

36.09 

54.79 

8.66 

0.74 

14,166 

Belmont. . .. 

...1.21 

37.67 

57.93 

3.19 

0.64 

14.856 


WINIFREDE SEAM. 

This is another of the pioneer seams in the Kanawha Valley, the original Winifrede Mines 
on Fields Creek having been opened just fifty years ago. It is the lowest member of the 
Splint, or Block Coal, series. Originally, the coals which we now call splints were always 
referred to as semi-cannels, and the latter name should have been retained, as it is entirely 
applicable to them. One of the characteristics of the coal is the extreme length of the flame, 
with intense heating power. This makes the seam doubly valuable, inasmuch as its firmness 
of texture gives it a place as a domestic fuel in addition to its applicability for the generation 
of steam. 


MINES OPERATING IN THE WINIFREDE SEAM. 

WINIFREDE SEAM. 


Mine. 

Company Operating. 

Post Office. 

Safes Agents. 

Address. 

Montgomery ... 

Chesapeake .... 

Excelsior. 

Montgomer}^ Coal Co. 
Chesapeake Mining 

Co. 

The Mount Carbon 

Co., Ltd. 

Winifrede Coal Co.. . 
The Marmet Co. 

Montgomery. 

Handley .... 

Powellton. . . 

Kanawha Fuel Co. . . 

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Charleston, W. Va. 

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Winifrede. 

Marmet. 

Winifrede. .. 
Marmet. 

Winifrede Coal Co... 
The Marmet Co. 

Cincinnati, O. 

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Daily loading capacity, 4,350 tons. 
ANALYSES. 


Mine. 

Mois. 

Von. Mat. 

Fixed Carb. 

Ash. 

SUFPH. 

B. T. U. 

Winifrede. . . 

..1.06 

36.14 

57.82 

4.98 

0.70 

14.362 

Winifrede. . . 

..1.66 

39.68 

55.60 

3.16 

0.62 


Chesapeake . 

..0.77 

35.23 

59.79 

4.21 

0.61 

14.912 


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NO. 2 GAS SEAM. 

The history of the coal industry in the Kanawha District does not show anything more 
remarkable than the great and rapid development of mines in this fine seam. Commencing in 
a modest way some years ago, this coal was sent forth to enter into competition with the 
standard Youghiogheny, or Pittsburgh, in some of the nearest markets, principally Cincinnati. 
From year to year the demand increases and the markets were extended, until at this writing 
forty miles are in operation on the line of the C. & O. R. R. and their product is being 
distributed from tide water in the East to the Great Lakes in the West. Car supplies are 
furnished by the railway company on the basis of an actual loading capacity of 17,775 tons 
per day for the coal alone, and without including the product of the coke ovens. 

There are two causes for this large production, viz.: the high-grade quality of the output, 
and economical mining conditions. The general horizon of the seam at the points wliere it 
has its best development is a short distance above stream level, and the operators have the 
advantages of natural drainage, short inclined planes and working faces, from 5 ft. to 6 ft. 
6 in. in height. 

The coal is primarily a steam producer. For this particular purpose it has been tested 
thoroughly, and from 80% to 85% of the existing tonnage is being used to fill contracts and 
orders from railway companies, electric lighting and power plants and large manufacturing 
concerns. All through the West and Northwest and on the Great Lakes the No. 2 Gas is 
being used as a steam fuel. Sales offices are now maintained in New York, Newport News, 
Richmond, Cincinnati, Toledo, Detroit and Chicago, and distributing docks have been bought 
in Milwaukee, principally for the handling of this coal. 

Another value which the No. 2 Gas possesses is its fitness for gas making. Working 
tests have been made in a number of cities, and one large gas company has recently entered 
into a formal contract for 600,000 tons, to be supplied within five years. 

About 60,000 tons were carbonized in by-product ovens during the year 1903 with very 
successful results. A sample of coke taken from a car in transit, as representing the market, 
and not the theoretical grade, analyzed Fixed Carb. 87.98, Vol. and Mois. 3.44, Ash 7.80, 
Sulphur 0.78. 

The adaptability of this coal for a variety of purposes makes it a popular grade for 
dealers to handle, as it enters into service for steam, coking, blacksmithing, gas making, 
by-product and domestic uses. 


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MINES IN OPERATION IN THE NO. 2 GAS SEAM. 

NO. 2 GAS SEAM. 


Mine. 

Company Operating. 

Post Office. 

Safes Agents. 

Address. 


The Great Kanawha 




Great Kanawha 

Colliery Co., Ltd. . 

Mt. Carbon .. 

Kanawha Fuel Co .. . 

Charleston, W. Va. 

Kimberly. 

Cardiff Coal Co. 

Charleston .. 

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Columbia. 

Cardiff Coal Co. 

Charleston .. 

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Windsor . 

The Carver Bros. Co. 

Eagle. 

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Mecca . 

Mecca C’l & Coke Co 

Montgomery. 

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Crescent . 

W. R. Johnson. 

Crescent .... 

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Chesap. No. 2.. 

Chesapeake M’ng Co. 

Handley .... 

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Greenbrier .... 

Greenbrier Coal Co. . 

Pratt. 

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Wake Forest. . . 

Wake Forest M’g Co. 

Forest. 

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(( (( 

North Carbon. . 

Carbon Coal Co. 

Carbon. 

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South Carbon. . 

Carbon Coal Co. 

Carbon . 

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W. Va. No. 1. . 

W. Va. Colliery Co. . 

Decota. 

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W. Va. No. 2.. 

W. Va. Colliery Co. . 

Decota. 

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(< it 

United. 

United Colliery Co.. . 

Decota. 

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Belleclaire. 

Belleclaire Coal Co . . 

Decota. 

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Holly. 

Holly Coal Co. 

Leewood . . . 

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Climax. 

Cardiff Coal Co. 

Charleston 

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Quarrier . 

Quarrier Coal Co... . 

Wake Forest. 

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Republic No. 1. 

Republic Coal Co ... . 

Carbon. 

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Republic No. 2. 

Republic Coal Co ... . 

Carbon. 

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Gamoca. 

Gamoca Coal Co .... 

Gamoca. 



Gordon No. 2.. 

Gordon C. & C. Co. . 

Eagle. 

Ches. &0. C.&C.Co. 

Cincinnati, O. 

Gordon No. 3. . 

Gordon C. & C. Co. . 

Eagle. 

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Gordon No. 4. . 

Gordon C. & C. Co.. 

Eagle. 

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Caledonia. 

Cabin Cr. Mining Co. 

Kayford. 



Cherokee. 

Cheokee Coal Co .... 

Leewood .... 



Empire. 

Shonk-Garrison Co .. 

Acme. 

Kanawha C & C Co 

Cincinnati O 

Keystone. 

Shonk-Garrison Co .. 

Acme. 

Kanawha C. & C. Co. 

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Cincinnati, 0. 

Kayford. 

Cabin Cr. Mining Co. 

Kayford. 

Raccoon. 

Raccoon Fork C’l Co. 

Kayford. 



Thistle. 

Thistle Coal Co. 

Kayford. 



Red Warrior.. . 

Red Warrior Coal Co. 

Leewood .... 



Edgewater .... 

The Carver Bros. Co. 

Eagle. 

Kanawha Fuel Co. .. 

Charleston, W. Va. 

Ansted. 

Gaulev M’n C.&C.Co 

Ansted. 




ANALYSES. (No. 2 Gas.) 


Mine. 

MoiS. 

Von. Mat. 

Fixed Carb. 

Ash. 

SUFPH. 

B. T. U. 

St. Clair. 

.0.952 

37.138 

56.666 

3.94 

1.304 


Eureka. 

.1.016 

35.999 

59.331 

2.95 

0.704 


South Carbon. 

.0.956 

33.524 

58.922 

5.35 

1.248 


Wake Forest. 

.0.78 

34.660 

56.675 

7.005 

0.88 


Empire .. 

.0.76 

34.70 

59.82 

4.72 

1.18 

14.715 

Mt. Carbon. 

.0.71 

34.04 

61.79 

3.46 

0.98 


Ansted. 

.0.89 

32.29 

65.41 

1.41 

0.91 

14.951 

Average 12 Mines. 

.0.762 

35.163 

60.123 

3.607 

1.009 





(Coke.) 




Mine. 

Mois. 

Vof. Mat. 

Fixed Carb. 

Ash. 

SUFPH. 


Great Kanawha. . 


0.25 

92.48 

7.27 

0.85 


Powellton. 

.0.117 

0.661 

91.048 

7.548 

0.626 



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POWELLTON SEAM. 


On the upper part of Armstrong’s Creek there is a large local development of a seam 
underlying the No. 2 Gas that has been given the name of “Powellton.” It is mined quite 
extensively by the Mt. Carbon Co., Limited (Powellton P. O.), for use in their coke ovens, 
and has given excellent results, as may be noticed by reference to the following analyses by 
Andrew S. McCreatli. By December 1st two new mines, known as Elk Ridge No. 1 and No. 
2, will be put in operation by the Cardiff Coal Co. of Charleston. 


ANALYSES. 


Mois. 

Vol. Mat. 

Fixed Carb. 

Ash. 

SULPH. 

B. T. U. 

Average 5 tests. .0.98 

34.18 

62.29 

2.35 

0.63 

15.239 



(Coke.) 




Phos. Mois. 

Vol. Mat. 

Fixed Carb. 

Ash. 

SUEPH. 


.007 0.117 

0.661 

91.048 

7.548 

0.626 



Shipping capacity 400 tons daily, exclusive of coke. 


NO. 1, OR EAGLE SEAM. 

The working tests of the Eagle Seam show very little variation from the No. 2, and the 
remarks previously made in regard to the latter are applicable to the Eagle. From the fact 
that mining conditions add slightly to the cost of its production, the No. 1 Seam only repre¬ 
sents a daily output of 1,950 tons, but the coal that is produced stands well in market. Special 
attention is called to the table of analyses and the low average percentage of ash and sulphur. 


MINES OPERATING IN THE NO. I, OR EAGLE SEAM. 

NO. 1, OR EAGLE SEAM. 


Mine. 

Company Operating. 

Post Office. 

Sales Agents. 

Address. 

Great Kanawha 

Windsor . 

Edgewater. 

Crescent . 

Imperial No. 1.. 
Imperial No. 2.. 

The Great Kanawha 
Colliery Co., Ltd.. 
The Carver Bros. Co. 
The Carver Bros. Co. 

W. R. Johnson. 

Imperial Coal Co.... 
Imperial Coal Co ... . 

Mt. Carbon.. 

Eagle. 

Eagle. 

Crescent .... 
Burnwell.... 
Burn well.... 

Kanawha Fuel Co.... 

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Charleston, W. Va. 

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ANALYSES. 


(No. 1 Eagle.) 


Mine. Mois. Voe. Mat. Fixed Carb. Ash. Sueph. B. T. U. 

St.Clair....:.1.17 37.61 55.10 6.12 0.99 . 

State test, 5 averages.0.798 32.26 61.56 5.382 0.884 14.689 

Great Kanawha.1.43 33.28 62.333 2.255 0.702 . 

Grose.1.232 33.798 61.512 2.85 0.608 . 

Imperial.0.85 33.52 61.694 3.205 0.731 . 


In the foregoing pages all of the seams mined in the Kanawha Valley on the line of the 
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway and its branches have been referred to, with the exception of the 
Cedar Grove and Peerless, which are not commercial factors at the present time. 

It is a noteworthy fact that all of the coals of the Kanawha series are marketed beyond 
the boundaries of the State, and they are gaining their strongest foothold in the cities where 
competition from other and nearer fields is the most determined. Their success is due to 
their quality—their ability to stand working tests and comparisons with coals from other fields. 


^ 

NEW RIVER COAL FIELD. 


The coals of this district belong to the Pottsville series, or No. 12, as correlated by David 
White and Marius R. Campbell, of the United States Geological Survey, and Dr. I. C. White, 
State Geologist of West Virginia. 

Dr. White has very aptly described the series in his valuable Coal Report, page 612, and 
I take the liberty of making several quotations from his paper : 

“ A peculiarity of the coals in the Pottsville series of West Virginia is their soft, 
columnar and typical coking structure, as opposed to the dry or ‘ block ’ coal type 
found in the coals of the same series, like the Sharon, Wellston, Jackson Hill, etc., 
occurring along the Northwestern margin of the Appalachian field, across Western 
Pennsylvania and Southeastern Ohio. 

“The purity of these early coals is also another characteristic, the percentages 
of both ash and sulphur being very low, and probably due to the fact that just 
previous to the spread of the early coal marshes, the floor of the Appalachian region 
had been sheeted with a thick deposit of clean gravel and sand, thus effectually cover¬ 
ing up the muddy deposits of a previous epoch, so that the streams of that time 
which drained into the carboniferous bogs were pure and clear, like our mountain 
brooks of the present.” 


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The coals of the Pottsville series in Southern West Virginia are unique. They have 
characteristics that enable them to hold a place that is separate and distinct from all other 
classes of bituminous coals. In the process of combustion they are almost entirely free from 
smoke, and the well-known trade designation, New River Smokeless, has been properly applied. 
This adds greatly to their value for service in residence districts, on passenger steamers, men- 
of-war, etc. Where intermittent demands are made upon a motive power the New River 
Smokeless is unexcelled. It may remain banked for minutes or hours, retaining its fire under 
a crust of coke, and then be brought to active life by a single motion of the slice bar. 

Three seams are mined in the district, but they are so nearly alike in structure, chemical 
analyses and working results that it is almost impossible to formulate a single distinction that 
is worthy of note in a practical way. The highest coal in geological order is the Sewell Seam ; 
the middle number is the Beckley, and the lowest is the Fire Creek. 


SEWELL SEAM. 

Until 1873 the New River Canon was a wilderness, without a habitation for many miles, 
except at certain crossings, and not even a bridle trail existed along the margins of the stream. 
Through this wild territory the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway forced its way, and with its advent 
there came the development of a great mining industry. The late Colonel Joseph. L. Beury, the 
late John Nuttall, and Captain John A. McGuffin, now the executive head of the Harvey, Dunn 
Roup and Prudence Companies, were the pioneers in the field, and it was largely through their 
efforts that the merits of the New River Smokeless Coals were made known to the commercial 
world. 

The Sewell Seam, by reason of its thickness, has naturally received the most attention 
from operators, and in September, 1904, forty-five mines were shipping from it, with a loading 
capacity of 24,215 tons per day, or 66100 % of the total tonnage of the field. 

Dr. I. C. White, in his Coal Report, page 657, says : 

‘ ‘ This Sewell bed is a type of the best Pottsville coals in all of the Southwestern 
region of the State, and, being low in moisture, volatile matter, ash, sulphur and 
phosphorus, they are necessarily high in fixed carbon, constituting ideal steam and 
domestic fuels, since they are practically smokeless with proper devices for securing 
good combustion. They are the only coals in the United States which equal or 
surpass in effective heating results for steam, domestic and general fuel purposes, the 

best grades of Cardiff coal from Southern Wales.” 

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DIRECTORY 

OF MINES OPERATING IN THE SEWELL SEAM. 


Mine. 


Lanark 


Keeneys Creek 
Nuttall. 


Turkey Knob. 
Sun No. 1. 


Sun No. 2. 

Star. 

Rothwell . 
Thurmond 


Brooklyn 
Cunard.. 


Cataract. . 

Elmo. 

Sunnyside 
Graham . . 
Oswald... 
Kilsythe . 
Derryhale. 


Rend. 

Kaymoor No. 1. 
Kaymoor No. 2, 

Victoria. 

Laura. 

Fayette. 

Newly n. 


Michigan. 

Blume. 

Smokeless. 

Ballinger No. 1. 
Ballinger No. 2. 

Boone. 

Brown. 

Collins. 

Whipple . 

DunnLoupNo. 1 
DunnLoupNo. 2 

Harvey. 

Prudence . 

Chapman. 

Sugar Creek .. . 
Macdonald .... 

Oakwood. 

Carlisle. 

Scarbro No. 1.. 
Scarbro No. 2.. 

Parral .. 

Wingrove. 

Stuart . 


Company Operating. 


New River Smokeless 

Coal Co. 

Nuttallburg C.&C.Co 
Nuttallburg C.&C.Co 
Turkey Knob Coal & 

Coke Co. 

New River Smokeless 

Coal Co. 

New River Smokeless 

Coal Co. 

Star Coal & Coke Co. 
Rothwell Coal Co.. . . 
Thurmond Coal Co. . 
New River Smokeless 

Coal Co. 

New River Smokeless 

Coal Co. 

Cataract Colliery Co. 
Isabel C’l & Coke Co. 
Isabel C’l & Coke Co. 
McKell C. &C. Co.. 


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Rend Coal Co 


Lowmoor Iron Co.... 
Lowmoor Iron Co.... 
Victoria C. & C. Co.. 
Laura Mining Co .... 
Fayette C. & C. Co.. 
Manufacturers & Con¬ 
sumers’ Coal Co .. 

Michigan Coal Co ... 

Blume C’l & Coke Co. 
Smokeless Coal Co .. 
Ballinger Coal Co . .. 
Ballinger Coal Co . . . 
Boone C’l & Coke Co. 

Brown Coal Co. 

Collins Colliery Co .. 
Whipple Colliery Co. 
DunnLoup C. &C. Co. 
DunnLoup C. & C. Co. 
Harvey C. & C. Co.. 
Prudence Coal Co . .. 
Chapman C. & C. Co. 
Sugar Cr. C. & C. Co. 
Macdonald Coll’y Co. 
White Oak Fuel Co.. 


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Post Office. 


Prince, W.Va 

Nutt’llb'g, “ 
Nutt’llb’g, “ 

M'cdon’ld, “ 


Sun, 

Sun, 

Red Star, 

Dubree, 

Concho, 

Finlow, 


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Sewell, 

Kanawha F’ls 
Elmo, W.Va 
Sunnyside, ‘ ‘ 
Glen Jean, “ 


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Rend 


Nutt’llb’g, “ 
Nutt’llb’g," 
Caperton, “ 
Red Star, 
Fayette, 


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Lookout, 
Winona, “ 
N uttallburg 
Nuttallburg 

Boone. 

Nuttallburg 
Glen Jean .. 
Glen Jean .. 
Dunn Loup 
Dunn Loup 

Harvey. 

Harvey. 

Everton ... 
Macdonald . 
Macdonald . 
Carlisle 
Carlisle 

Scarbro. 

Scarbro. 


Safes Agents. 


New River Consoli¬ 
dated C. & C. Co 


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C. & O. C. & C. Co 


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C. & O. C. & C. Co 


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C. & O. C. Ag’ncy Co 


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C. & O. C. Ag’ncy Co 


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NewRiver C. Sales Co 


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White Oak Coal Co. 


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Thurmond, W.Va. 


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ANALYSES SEWELL SEAM. 

LOUP CREEK. 


Mine. 

Authority. 

Moist¬ 

ure. 

You. 

Matter. 

Fixed 

Carbon. 

Ash. 

Sul¬ 

phur. 

Phos¬ 

phorus 

B. T. u. 

Memoranda 

Sugar Creek. 

State Chemist 

0.53 

19.41 

74.08 

5.98 

0.98 

0.005 

14.992 


Kilsythe .... 

4 4 

0.48 

22.09 

74.28 

3.15 

0.68 

0.002 

15.426 


Sun. 

i i 

0.73 

20.67 

76.46 

2.14 

0.59 

0.003 

15.446 


Turkey Knob 

( ( 

0.77 

21.29 

74.58 

3.36 

0.77 

0.006 

15.225 


Prudence .... 

4 4 

0.67 

21.37 

74.33 

3.63 

0.71 

0.011 

15.095 


Harvey. 

4 4 

0.67 

22.91 

74.10 

2.32 

0.61 

0.006 

15.463 


Star. 

4 4 

0.76 

21.18 

74.92 

3.14 

0.69 

0.006 

15.321 


Collins. 

4 4 

0.76 

21.55 

71.63 

6.06 

0.86 

0.003 

14.891 


Dun Coup. . . 

4 4 

0.54 

21.50 

74.51 

3.45 

0.91 

0.005 

15.419 


Scarbro . 

4 4 

0.64 

21.33 

72.21 

5.82 

0.79 

0.005 

14.804 


Macdonald . . 

4 4 

0.46 

21.46 

75.12 

2.96 

0.69 

0.005 

15.219 


11 Averages 

by St. Chem.. 

0.638 

21.342 

74.200 

3.820 

0.753 


15.209 


Sun. 

John W. Hill 

4 4 

1.70 

15.944 

79.944 

2.00 

0.412 


15.393 

Av. 4 Tests. 

Turkey Knob 

1.70 

17.794 

78.344 

1.75 

0.412 


15.391 

“ 5 

Star. 

4 4 

1.55 

17.273 

78.023 

2.70 

0.454 


15.303 

“4 “ 

Harvey. 

4 4 

1.70 

16.598 

78.992 

2.16 

0.316 


15.461 

“5 “ 

Collins. 

4 4 

1.40 

16.882 

78.981 

2.40 

0.337 


15.507 

“ 5 

Av’ ge 5 aver 

ages, 23 Tests 

1.61 

16.898 

78.857 

2.202 

0.386 


15.411 



MAIN LINE. 


Mine. 

Authority. 

Moist¬ 

ure. 

VOL. 

Matter 

Fixed 

Carbon. 

Ash 

Sul¬ 

phur. 

Phos¬ 

phorus 

B. T. U. 

Memoranda. 

Gaymont... . 

State Chemist 

0.82 

26.63 

70.87 

1.68 

0.54 

0.023 

15.258 


Elmo. 

< ( 

0.75 

26.54 

1 0.37 

2.34 

0.55 

0.055 

15.348 


Michigan.. . . 

( < 

0.63 

25.74 

71.21 

2.42 

0.62 

0.005 

15.274 


Newlvn. 

< ( 

0.61 

25.51 

69.46 

4.42 

0.75 

0.005 

15.156 


Nuttall. 

t < 

0.49 

25.99 

71.49 

2.03 

0.57 

0.005 

15.571 


Brown. 

i < 

0.56 

25.52 

70.80 

3.12 

0.63 

0.006 

15.109 


Keeneys Cr’k 

< < 

1.01 

25.53 

1 1.37 

2.09 

0.73 

0.006 

15.600 


Chapman.... 

( < 

0.67 

25.31 

70.95 

3.07 

0.65 

0.005 

15.130 


Victoria(s.s. ) 

< ( 

0.61 

25.45 

72,17 

1.77 

0.73 

0.005 

15.439 


“ (n.s.) 

< i 

0.73 

23.98 

73.11 

2.18 

0.54 

0.003 

15.573 


Cunard. 

< ( 

0.71 

24.12 

73.21 

1.96 

0.51 

0.004 

15.504 


Brooklyn .... 

( ( 

1.04 

24.85 

72.63 

1.48 

0.62 

0.005 

15.620 


Kaymoor .... 

< ( 

0.96 

25.14 

71.15 

2.75 

0.56 

0.005 

14.965 


Rend. 

( < 

0.89 

22.54 

74.58 

1.99 

0.61 

0.005 

15.517 


Thurmond . . 

( i 

0.71 

24.23 

73.34 

1.72 

0.55 

0.006 

15.576 


Average 

15 Mines.... 

0.746 

25.139 

71.781 

2.334 

0.61 


15.376 


Brooklyn.. . . 

John W. Hill 

0.775 

20.852 

75.653 

2.175 

0.595 


15.436 

Av. 6 Tests. 

Gaymont .... 

( < 

1.10 

23.51.6 

71.816 

3.10 

0.468 


15.025 

“4 “ 

Fayette. 

Thurmond . . 

( ( 

< ( 

1.70 

1.95 

20.105 

20.399 

75.454 

75,999 

2.15 

1.35 

0.591 

0.302 


15.340 

15.514 

(i c < < 

o 

< < 4 “ 

Av'ge 4 aver ages, 19 Tests 

1.381 

21.218 

74.730 

2.194 

0.489 


15.329 



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ANALYSES SEWELL SEAM (Continued). 

KEENEYS CREEK. 


Mine. 

Authority. 

MOIST- 

TURE. 

VOL. 

Matter. 

Fixed 

Carbon. 

Ash. 

Sul¬ 

phur. 

Phos¬ 

phorus 

B. T. u. 

Memoranda. 

Boone. 

State Chemist 

0.70 

26.17 

70.49 

2.64 

0.68 

0.017 

15.443 


Rothwell.... 

< < 

0.75 

24.39 

70.88 

3.98 

0.73 

0.005 

15.048 


Rothwell.... 

< ( 

0.74 

28.58 

66.36 

4.32 

0.98 

0.018 

14.893 


Ballinger Nol 

< < 

0.50 

24.61 

67.49 

7.40 

0.79 

0.015 

14.281 


Smokeless. . . 

< < 

0.74 

27.09 

70.58 

1.59 

0.53 

0.005 

15.359 


Blume. 

( ( 

0.87 

26.91 

69.78 

2.44 

0.85 

0.004 

15.203 


Average, 

6 Mines .... 

0.717 

26.292 

69.263 

3.728 

0.76 


15.038 


Ballinger .... 

John W. Hill 

1.35 

21.810 

73.660 

2.70 

0.48 


15.373 

Av. 5 Tests. 

Boone. 

( < 

1.60 

20.320 

75.870 

1.75 

0.46 


15.440 

“ 6 

Rothwell.... 

< < 

1.75 

21.712 

73.711 

2.25 

0.577 


15.367 

“5 “ 

Av'ge 3 aver 

ages, 16 Tests 

1.57 

21.281 

74.414 

2.233 

0.506 


15.393 


General Aver 

age, 44 Tests. . 

0.927 

22.791 

73.295 

2.861 

0.623 


15.289 



COKE. 

SEWELL SEAM. 


Ovens. 

Authority. 

Moist¬ 

ure. 

VOL. 

Matter. 

Fixed 

Carbon. 

Ash. 

Sul¬ 

phur. 

Phos¬ 

phorus 


Memoranda. 

Victoria. 

State Chemist 

0.05 

0.84 

93.94 

5.17 

0.68 

0.010 


. .72 Hours. 

Stone Cliff.. . 

i i 

0.11 

1.17 

89.87 

8.85 

0.63 

0.013 


..72 “ 

Rend. 


0.08 

0.73 

92.89 

6.30 

0.66 

0.014 


..72 “ 

Brooklyn .... 


0.10 

1.27 

91.89 

6.74 

0.60 

0.008 


..72 “ 

Kaymoor.... 


0.07 

1.18 

88.60 

10.15 

0.54 

0.012 


..72 “ 

Chairman.... 


0.13 

0.92 

92.09 

6.86 

0.56 

0.007 


..48 “ 

Favette. 


0.52 

2.83 

87.73 

8.92 

0.83 

0.013 


..72 “ 

Harvev. 


0.12 

0.59 

91.82 

7.47 

0.76 

0.011 


..48 “ 

Collins. 


0.07 

0.78 

90.37 

8.78 

1.02 

0.005 


..48 “ 

Turkey Knob 


0.06 

0.81 

91.33 

7.80 

0.81 

0.009 


••72 “ 

Macdonald . . 


0.11 

0.68 

92.71 

6.50 

0.80 

0.006 


..72 “ 

Sun. 


0.16 

0.93 

92.03 

6.88 

1.06 

0.006 


..72 “ 

Average, 

12 Plants... . 

0.14 

1.06 

91.26 

7.54 

0.75 

0.0095 




BECKLEY SEAM, 

For many years this seam has been mined in the vicinity of Beckley C. H., Raleigh 
County, for local supplies, under the general impression that it was the Fire Creek Seam ; but 
when Mr. Marius R. Campbell, of the U. S. Geological Survey, made a study of the field he 
discovered and clearly demonstrated the fact that it is a distinct bed. Mr. Campbell named 
the seam after the town of Beckley, but it is to be regretted that it does not bear the name of 
the eminent discoverer of its identity. 


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As far as can be determined from the evidence at hand, the principal deposit of the 
Beckley will be found underlying the plateau that is drained by Piney Creek. The Chesapeake 
& Ohio Railway has built an extension up Piney to open the field, and a marked increase in 
tonnage may be expected from the district in the next few years. At the present time the 
mines so recently started have a capacity rating of 2,595 tons per day. 

ANALYSIS. 

Mois. Von. Mat. Fixed Carb. Ash. Sueph. B. T. U. 

0.58 18.04 78.95 2.43 0.77 15.534 


DIRECTORY 

OF MINES OPERATING IN THE BECKLEY SEAM. 


Mine. 


Piney No. 1 

Piney No. 2. 
Piney No. 3. 

Lanark. 


Mabscott . 
Raleigh.. . 

Stonewall 
Beckley . . 


Company Operating. 


Piney Colliery Co . 


< ( 


( C 


( ( 


New River Smokeless 
Coal Co. 


Raleigh C. & C. Co. 

Stonewall C. & C. Co 
Beckley C. & C. Co. 


Post Office. 


Stonewall, 

W.Va 


< < 
( ( 


( ( 
< < 


Lanark, 


Beckley. . 

Stonewall. 
Beckley.. 


Sales Agents. 


New River Consoli¬ 
dated C. & C. Co. 


< < 
< < 


< < 


< < 
< < 


< < 


C. & O. C. Ag’ncy Co. 


< ( 


< ( 


( ( 


i c 


< ( 


(( 


Address. 


Thurmond, W.Va. 


< < 
< < 


< < 


< < 
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No. 1 Broadway, 
N. Y., and 
► Kanawha C. 

& C. Co., 
Cincinnati. 


FIRE CREEK SEAM. 

For a little more than thirty years the Fire Creek Coal has held a place as one of the fuel 
standards of the world. It has been shipped to Maine and to Canada ; blacksmiths have made 
their welds with it in Arizona ; it has gone to the interior of Mexico, and to the Dakotas and 
Montana in the Northwest. Only a coal of tried excellence could bear the cost of trans¬ 
portation to such distant markets. The table of analyses will clearly illustrate the high per¬ 
centage of combustible material carried by the coals from the Fire Creek Seam. 

Every analysis submitted in this pamphlet has been made from samples that were 
stripped from top to bottom of the seam. 


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DIRECTORY 

OF MINES OPERATING IN THE FIRE CREEK SEAM. 


Mine. 


Glendale. 


Company Operating. Post Office 


Export. 

Hemlock Holl’w 
Greenwood .... 
Quinnimont.. . . 
Laurel Creek.. . 

Robins. 

Wright No. 1. . 
Wright No. 2. . 

Royal. 

Alaska. 

Beechwood No. 1 
Beech wood No. 2 

Fire Creek. 

Erskine. 

Rush Run. 

Red Ash. 


Ridgeview. 

Ephraim Creek 
Stone Cliff. 

Big Bend . 

Echo. 


Central 


Rend. 


Glendale Coal Co.. . . 

Export Coal Co. 

Hemlock Hol’wC.Co. 
Greenwood Coal Co.. 
Quinnimont Coal Co. 
Laurel Creek Coal Co. 

Robins Coal Co. 

Wright C. & C. Co. . 
Wright C. & C. Co... 
New River Smokeless 

Coal Co. 

Alaska C. & C. Co . . 
Beechwood C.&C. Co. 
Beechwood C.&C. Co. 
Fire Creek C.& C. Co. 
Thurmond Coal Co. . 
New River Smokeless 

Coal Co. 

New River Smokeless 

Coal Co. 

Ridgeview Coal Co . . 
Ephraim Cr.C.&C.Co 
Beury C. & C. Co . . . 
Isabel C. & C. Co.... 
Echo C. & C. Co... . 

Gordon C. & C. Co. . 
Rend Coal Co. 


Quinnimont, 
W.Va 


Sates Agents. 


< < 


< ( 


( i 


< < 


Lawton, 
Lawton, 
Quinnimont 
Quinnimont 
Wright 
Wright 


New River Consoli¬ 
dated C. & C. Co 


Prince, W.Va 
Clarenrt, “ 


< < 


< ( 


< < 


< ( 


Fire Cr., 
Concho, “. 

RushRun, “. 

Red Ash, “ . 

Thayer, ‘ ‘. 
Thayer, ‘ ‘. 
StoneCliff “. 
Dimmock, “. 
Beury, 


( < 


Fire Creek . . 


Rend, W. Va. 


< < 
< < 
< < 
( < 

< C 

< < 
< < 
< < 


< ( 
< < 
( < 
< ( 
< < 

< < 

< < 


( ( 
( < 
c < 
(< 
< < 
< < 
< < 
( < 

< ( 

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< < 
i < 
( < 
(< 

u 

< ( 


C. &0. C. Ag’ncy Co 


< < 


< < 


( ( 


< < 


Address. 


Thurmond, W.Va. 


C. & O. C. & C. Co. 
C. & O. C. & C. Co. 
Kanawha Fuel Co 
New River Coal 

Sales Co. 

C. &0. C. &C. Co 
W. P. Rend & Co 


< < 
< < 
< < 

< < 
< < 
» < 
< < 

< < 

< ( 
i ( 
i i 
i ( 
C ( 

< < 

< < 


(< 
< < 
< < 
< < 
< ( 
(< 
( ( 
t < 


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< ( 
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< ( 
< < 

< < 

< < 


No. 1 B’way, N.Y. 


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< < 


I < 


4 < 


No. 11 B way,N.Y. 


< < 


4 4 


Charleston, W.Va. 

No. 11 B way,N.Y. 
Chicago, Ill. 


Total loading capacity, 8,525 tons per day. 


ANALYSES FIRE CREEK SEAM. 

FIRE CREEK SEAM.— Coal. 


Mine. 

Authority. 

Moist¬ 

ure. 

VOL. 

Matter . 

Fixed 

Carbon. 

Ash. 

Sul¬ 

phur. 

Phos¬ 

phorus 

B. T. U. 

A 1 fjcilr p 

lohn W. Hill. 

1.30 

15.995 

78.745 

3.55 

0.410 


15.182 

Ridgeview. . . 

< ( 

1.40 

16.271 

77.921 

4.05 

0.358 


15.220 

Beechwood . . 

< i 

1.65 

16.548 

78.097 

2.30 

0.405 


15.482 

Stone Cliff.. . 

< < 

1.30 

17.670 

78.170 

2.40 

0.460 


15.475 

Rush Run. . . 

< < 

1.55 

15.715 

78,815 

3.15 

0.770 


15.265 

Fcho 

< < 

1.70 

15.564 

78.812 

3.45 

0.474 


14.989 

Central. 

( ( 

1.80 

15.902 

78.300 

3.40 

0.598 


15.211 

Fire Creek . . 

( < 

1.70 

16.498 

79.398 

2.10 

0.316 


15.541 

T? rwro 1 

< ( 

1.70 

14.908 

78.652 

4.25 

0.495 


15.088 

Quinnimont . 

< ( 

1.50 

16.517 

76.217 

5.10 

0.666 


15.020 

Greenwood. . 

( i 

1.80 

15.982 

78.382 

3.30 

0.538 


15.298 

Average, 

11 Mines . . . 

1.582 

16.143 

78.319 

3.368 

0.499 


15.252 


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ANALYSES FIRE CREEK SEAM (Continued). 

' FIRE CREEK SEAM.— Coal. 


Mine. 

Authority. 

Moist¬ 

ure. 

Vol. 

Matter. 

Fixed 

Carbon. 

Ash. 

Sul¬ 

phur. 

Phos¬ 

phorus 

B. T. U. 

Memoranda. 

Ridgeview . . 

State Chemist 

0.59 

17.88 

78.57 

2.96 

0.52 

0.010 

15.334 


Ephraims . . . 

i C 

0.44 

21.43 

74.21 

3.92 

0.55 

0.033 

15.147 


Alaska. 

< ( 

0.38 

20.71 

72.21 

6.70 

0.48 

0.020 

14.964 


Beechwood . . 

< 4 

0.82 

20.08 

74.65 

4.45 

0.63 

0.056 

15.125 


Stone Cliff.. . 

4 4 

0.44 

20.73 

77.20 

1.63 

0.77 

0.003 

15.476 


Rend. 

4 4 

0.61 

19.72 

75.37 

4.30 

0.60 

0.006 

15.208 


Echo. 

4 4 

0.57 

20.95 

72.36 

6.12 

0.95 

0.130 

14.758 


Central. 

< < 

0.51 

20.27 

76.67 

2.55 

0.68 

0.007 

15.500 


Fire Creek . . 

4 4 

0.82 

20.55 

74.11 

4.52 

0.55 

0.024 

15.098 


Thurmond . . 

4 4 

0.67 

21.35 

74.3 L 

3.77 

0.91 

0.007 

15.327 


Big Bend .... 

4 4 

0.70 

21.64 

76.46 

1.20 

0.64 

0.002 

15.504 


Wright. 

4 4 

0.56 

18.36 

75.73 

5.35 

0.59 

0.063 

15.182 


Royal. 

4 4 

0.62 

18.57 

78.36 

2.45 

0.62 

0.014 

15.438 


Robins. 

< ( 

0.75 

19.16 

75.63 

4.46 

0.63 

0.008 

15.101 


Laurel Creek. 

4 4 

0.62 

18.03 

76.59 

4.76 

0.71 

0.019 

15.080 


Quinnimont . 

4 4 

0.83 

19.26 

70.95 

8.96 

0.96 

0.152 

14.833 


Greenwood. . 

4 4 

0.69 

19.29 

75.42 

4.60 

0.77 

0.046 

15.455 


Average, 

17 Mines... . 

0.60 

19.93 

75.20 

4.27 

0.67 

0.035 

15.208 



FIRE CREEK SEAM.— Coke. 


Greenwood . . 
Quinnimont . 
Beechwood . . 
Stone Cliff... 
Fire Creek .. 

State Chemist 

< ( 

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0.15 

0.11 

0.04 

0.29 

0.07 

0.96 

0.67 

1.34 

1.02 

0.92 

93.21 

90.68 

92.30 

92.19 

90.17 

5.68 

8.54 

6.32 

6.50 

8.84 

0.60 

0.86 

0.45 

0.76 

0.54 

0.075 

0.099 

0.0675 

0-009 

0.063 


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..72 “ 

Average, 

5 Plants .... 

0.13 

0.98 

91.71 

7.18 

0.64 

0.0627 




TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. 

The mines in the New River and Kanawha districts which have been referred to in this 
paper are all located on the line of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. Quite a large number in 
the Kanawha District, in addition to their railroad connections, have loading tipples on the 
Great Kanawha River. 

THE CHESAPEAKE & OHIO R* R* 

OFFICIALS. 

Georg® W. Stevens, President , Richmond, Va. 

Decatur Axteee, Vice-President, Richmond, Va. 

C. E. DoyeE, General Manager , Richmond, Va. 

F. M. Whittaker, Freight Traffic Manager, Richmond, Va. 

A. G. Troup, Assistant Freight Traffic Manager, New York. 

E. D. Hotchkiss, General Freight Agent , Richmond, Va. 

W. F. Hite, Assistant Geyieral Freight Agent , Huntington, W. Va. 

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The Chesapeake & Ohio is essentially a coal road ; 52 tso% of the entire freight movement 
over its 1,641 miles of track during the year ending June 30, 1904, was represented by the 
coal and coke production originating on the line. Extensive piers have been erected at 
Newport News for loading coal destined to coast and foreign ports. Connections are made at 
Richmond, Charlottesville, Basic and Lynchburg for the Eastern and Southern States; at 
Gauley Junction for the interior of Ohio, Toledo and Detroit; at Ashland for points reached 
by the Detroit Southern ; and from the company’s terminals at Louisville and Cincinnati ship¬ 
ments are made to the West over all of the roads entering those cities. 

The commodity from which a trunk line derives its principal revenue naturally receives 

the greatest consideration from the management; and if consumers and dealers in distant States 

« 

are interested in the coals and cokes of the Kanawha and New River districts they are assured 

of an active interest on the part of the railway company in undertaking a suitable adjustment 
of freight rates. The home consumption amounts to a very small percentage of the annual 

output, and special care is therefore given to business originating beyond the boundaries of 
West Virginia. 

For a better understanding of the extent of the mining industry on the line of the Chesa¬ 
peake & Ohio Railway, and the number of seams that are worked, the following table is 
inserted. Once a month there is a joint meeting of the district railway officials and a com¬ 
mittee representing the operators, and they determine the daily loading capacity of every 
mine. The figures given are therefore the official allotments for car distributions in September, 
1904. The seams are listed in their geological sequence, commencing with the highest in the 
formations : 


Mines shipping No. 5 Block.Seam. 775 tons per day. 

“ Belmont. “ 2,075 “ 

“ Coalburgh. “ 4,575 “ 

“ Winifrede. “ 4,350 “ 

“ Cedar Grove. “ 100 “ 

" *No. 2 Gas. “ .17,755 “ 

‘ ‘ Powellton. “ 400 ‘ ‘ 

‘ ‘ Peerless. “ 200 “ 

“ No. 1 Eagle.:. “ 1,950 “ 

“ Sewell (Smokeless). “ 24,215 “ 

“ Beckley “ . “ 2,595 “ 

“ Fire Creek “ . “ 8,525 “ 


Total.67,515 “ 


Coke not included. 

^Includes Gauley Mountain Coal Co., delivering No. 2 Gas on the New River Division. 


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KANAWHA RIVER. 


Including the appropriations for the current year, the United States Government has 
expended $4,808,200 in the construction and maintenance of a series of locks and dams on 
the Kanawha River from the head of navigation at Deepwater to its junction with the Ohio 
River at Point Pleasant, W. Va. By reason of these improvements the Kanawha operators 
can load barges at all seasons of the year and move them to the mouth of the river, where it 
enters the Ohio, 282 miles below Pittsburgh. This business will eventually lead to the 
organization of towage lines for the through transportation of coals from both the New River 
and Kanawha fields to the Panama Canal, via the Kanawha, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. 
The river outlet is used to a considerable extent as an overflow for surplus grades. It 
increases regularity of work for the mines having river tipples, and enables the operators to 
maintain a standard of production for the prompt filling of railroad orders, which always 
have the preference. 


KANAWHA RIVER TONNAGE. 


Calendar Year. Tons 

1897 . 650,680 

1898 .1,089,160 

1899 . 942,800 

1900 .1,246,680 


Calendar Year. Tons. 

1901 .1,370,180 

1902 . 937,880 

1903 .1,350,000 


The State of West Virginia is increasing rapidly in coal production, and now holds third 


place in America. The following figures, compiled by E. W. Parker, Esq., Statistician of the 


United States Geological Survey, show the output of the twelve leading States for the 


year 1903 : 


State. 

Pennsylvania. . . 

Illinois. 

Wkst Virginia 

Ohio. 

Alabama. 

Indiana. 


Tons of 
2,000 Lbs. 

103,271,057 

37,206,667 

30,250,408 

25,004,893 

11,832,124 

10,905,842 


State. 

Colorado. 

Kentucky 

Iowa. 

Kansas . . 

Tennessee 

Maryland 


Tons of 
2.000 Lbs. 

7,639,268 

7,431,016 

6,852,686 

5,867,208 

4,797,346 

4,783,083 


A little more than 30% of the tonnage of the State of West Virginia is produced from 
the counties traversed by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. This is a creditable showing, and 
speaks well in itself for the merits of the New River and Kanawha fields, for only coals that 
have excellent burning qualities will please discriminating consumers, and only coals that can 
be placed on board cars at the minimum mining cost are able to hold a commanding position 

in the face of the intense competition from the mines within the States through which these 
coals must be transported to reach their markets. 

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RELIEF MAPS. 


Two of the most perfect relief maps exhibited at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition were 
those representing the New River and Kanawha Coal Districts of West Virginia, and each had 
the honor of winning a gold medal. 

They were constructed by Mr. Edwin E. Howell, of Washington, D. C., the cost, amount¬ 
ing to $5,000, being contributed by individual subscriptions from the operators. At the close 
of the Exposition they will be given a permanent place in the new National Museum. 

The geology of the two districts, and the outcrop lines of the various coal seams, are shown 
with great accuracy. This data was prepared under the supervision of Marius R. Campbell, 
Esq., of the United States Geological Survey, who devoted many weeks to this work. Too 
much credit cannot be given Mr. Campbell for his valuable contribution to these permanent 
records of the Geology of the Kanawha and New River Coal Fields. 


STATISTICAL COLUMN. 


In order to illustrate in a graphic form the production of bituminous coal in the United 
States from the beginning of the industry to the present time, Mr. E. W. Parker, of the 
United States Geological Survey, prepared the plans for a column consisting of nine cubes of 
coal, each cube representing the bulk of the production for a ten-years’ period on a scale of 
one one-thousandth. The production for the ten years ending December 31st, 1903, being 
equal to a solid mass of coal 4750 ft. wide, 4750 ft. deep, and 4750 ft. high, the base cube in 
the column was cut 4 ft. 9 in. square ; and this rule was followed for nine periods of ten years 
each. The total height of the column amounted to 18 ft. 2 in. Attached to it are four models 
representing the Eiffel Tower, Washington Monument, Park Row Building of New York, 
and the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. These models 
are on the same scale of one one-thousandth, and show in a very striking way, comparatively, 
the immensity of the coal production in the United States. 

The display was suggested by Mr. Parker as having an educational value for the visitors 
to the World's Fair, and the Kanawha Fuel Co., of Charleston, W. Va., undertook the work 
of construction and installation as a contribution to this cause. 

Orders were given by the Kanawha Fuel Co. to have the cubes cut from the following 
splint or semi-cannel seams, viz.: No. 5 Block, Belmont, Coalburgh, and Winifrede. Great 
care was taken by the mines to preserve exact dimensions, but, unfortunately, the car in which 
the cubes were shipped was caught in a wreck, and they arrived in St. Louis broken into 
fragments. The time was too short to permit of a duplication of the work, and the column 
was constructed to approximate dimensions by cementing the broken cubes. But for the 
accident referred to, the beautiful structure of the Kanawha Splint Seams would have been 
shown in a very perfect manner. 

NEIL ROBINSON, 

November, iqo^. Charleston, W. Va. 


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SALES AGENCIES. 


(AGENCIES HAVING THE EXCLUSIVE CONTROL OF THE PRODUCTION FROM ONE OR 

MORE OF THE MINES LISTED IN THIS PAMPHLET.) 

KANAWHA FUEL CO* 

Charleston, W. Va., General Office. Toledo, O*, 306 Superior Street. 

Cincinnati, O., Ingalls Building. Detroit, Mich. 

Chicago, III., Marquette Building. Richmond, Va., 911 E. Main Street. 

Milwaukee, Wis., Austen Coal Docks. 


NEW RIVER CONSOLIDATED COAL & COKE CO. 

Thurmond, W. Va., General Office. Richmond, Va., 28 N. 9th Street. 

Cincinnati, O., Ingalls Building. Newport News, Va., Schmelz Building. 

Chicago, III., Fisher Building. Boston, Mass., 19 Congress Street. 

New York, Whitehall Building. 


WARREN & MONKS CO. 

Boston, Mass., 19 Congress Street. New York, Whitehall Building. 

Newport News, Va., Schmelz Building. 


KANAWHA COAL & COKE CO. 

Cincinnati, O., 4th and Elm Streets. 


SMOKELESS FUEL CO. 


New York, 11 Broadway. 
Richmond, Va., Dispatch Building. 
Cincinnati, O., Ingalls Building. 
Chicago, III., 355 Dearborn Street. 


St. Louis, Wainwright Building. 

Newport News, Va. 

Glen Jean, W. Va. 

London, E. C., 88 Gracechurcli Street. 


CHESAPEAKE & OHIO COAL & COKE CO. 

(C. J. Wittenberg, President.) 

New York, 11 Broadway. Cincinnati, O., Mercantile Library Building. 

Newport News, Va., West End Avenue. Philadelphia, Pa., Commonwealth Trust Bldg. 

Richmond, Va., 729 E. Main Street. Chicago, Ill. 

London, England, 66 Mark Lane. 


W. K. NIVER COAL CO. 


Cincinnati, O., Union Trust Building. 


Chicago, Ill., Marquette Building. 


WHITE OAK COAL CO 

Richmond, Va. Macdonald, W. Va. Newport News, Va. 

NEW RIVER COAL SALES CO. 

Sewell, W. Va. New York, 21 State Street. Boston, Mass. 

Richmond, Va. Cincinnati, O. 


C. & O. COAL AGENCY CO. 

New York, 1 Broadway. Richmond, Va. Newport News, Va. 


C. G. BLAKE & CO. 

Cincinnati, O., First National Bank Building. 


W. P. REND & CO. 
Chicago, Ill., 119 Dearborn Street. 


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Chesapeake & Ohio Railway 


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